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How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« on: 02/08/2021 12:24:33 »
Dearest Peeps Of All Knowledge,


As a sheepy I of course am able to travel in time.


So, next Tuesday I'm planning to go back in history to when the Universe was about one metre old. When I arrive i will be a smug sheepy and very proud of myself and will kick back and chill for a bit. Say,I want to stretch and jump for joy ? will i be able to knowing that my stretched out limbs will be larger than the universe ?




If ewe could le me know please as I need to leave a not for the milkman to not deliver that day.


Some may say this will be impossible  because it might be quite warm but not to worry i will be wearing sun block.


So, can I stretch in a metre long Universe knowing that my stretch is wider  ?

Thank ewe for your kind consideration in this matter.

If I have time i will bring back a pressy as I am sure there will be a nice souvenir shop.

hugs and shmishes


mwah mwah mwah


Neil
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx







So back in time
Is where I go
To stretch within
The Big Bang Show

If all goes well
I'll see you soon
With a gift in hand
And all before noon.
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #1 on: 02/08/2021 12:46:43 »
Quote from: neilep on 02/08/2021 12:24:33
As a sheepy I of course am able to travel in time.
Did we ever doubt it?
I assumed that’s where you had been, welcome back

Quote from: neilep on 02/08/2021 12:24:33
So, next Tuesday I'm planning to go back in history to when the Universe was about one metre old. When I arrive i will be a smug sheepy and very proud of myself and will kick back and chill for a bit. Say,I want to stretch and jump for joy ? will i be able to knowing that my stretched out limbs will be larger than the universe ?
I think  you will find that you are smaller than you think and your metre - as you measure it - will be much smaller than the universe. Either that or you will be smeared out as a cloud of very elementary particles (my dear Watson)

Quote from: neilep on 02/08/2021 12:24:33
If ewe could le me know please as I need to leave a not for the milkman to not deliver that day.
Don’t worry, you’ll be back in 3 shakes of a ewe’s tail.
If you don’t get smeared that is  ???
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #2 on: 02/08/2021 18:07:50 »
I can always rely on Colin2b  to treat my kweschuns with the "gravity" they deserve lol.


Thank ewe for the warm welcome back. (smirk humble mode)


What if the rules of a metre size Universe do not apply to a sheep and thus I am able to maintain my larger 'than-a-metre-stretch' ?
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #3 on: 02/08/2021 19:56:44 »
Quote from: neilep on 02/08/2021 18:07:50
What if the rules of a metre size Universe do not apply to a sheep and thus I am able to maintain my larger 'than-a-metre-stretch' ?
You mean when stretched out like a sheepskin rug?
Oh dear, did I say that? Maybe that’s what I meant by ‘smeared’.

Nice shoes by the way, newe?
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #4 on: 02/08/2021 20:16:34 »
They are Praaaadaaas ! ;)
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #5 on: 02/08/2021 20:25:16 »
It depends on the nature of that universe. If it was a closed universe (like a hypersphere), your arms would stretch around it and you'd be able to shake your own hand. Since light would also loop around that universe, it would look as though you were surrounded by an uncountable number of copies of yourself. This was written about in Michio Kaku's book "Hyperspace".
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #6 on: 02/08/2021 20:40:38 »
Quote from: neilep on 02/08/2021 12:24:33
So, next Tuesday I'm planning to go back in history to when the Universe was about one metre old.
The universe doesn't have a known size now, so couldn't have in the past either since it is impossible to stretch a finite number into an infinite one.  So hypersphere aside (Kryptid covered that), let's suppose that we consider a time when what is the visible universe today was only a meter wide. And never mind the violence going on. No scorched wool.
So I think that if you stretched your arms out, the universe would be an awful lot larger by the time you got the hooves out there. Do sheep have arms??  If the arms were already out there, they'd be immediately yanked away by their own inertia.

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will i be able to knowing that my stretched out limbs will be larger than the universe ?
Yes, because the universe will grow in size far faster than you could get there, just like if you had 200 BLY arms today, but all curled up inside our 92 BLY across visible universe, you'd have no trouble stretching those arms out to their full length and still seeing them when they're all the way out.
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #7 on: 03/08/2021 13:14:07 »
Most probably on atomic scale your arms might break to peaces and got scattered, trapped by stars, black holes and continue spaghettification. Maybe we can put probes that will send valuable data for the universe exploration.
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #8 on: 04/08/2021 14:34:16 »
Quote from: Kryptid on 02/08/2021 20:25:16
It depends on the nature of that universe. If it was a closed universe (like a hypersphere), your arms would stretch around it and you'd be able to shake your own hand. Since light would also loop around that universe, it would look as though you were surrounded by an uncountable number of copies of yourself. This was written about in Michio Kaku's book "Hyperspace".


oooh, I like the idea of multiple me's. I luff my own company. I'm not narcissistic of course .
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #9 on: 04/08/2021 14:36:57 »
Thank ewe Halc. Its nice to know that the early universe is so accommodating for my impending stretch of success, 

scorched wool ?......nooooooooo !! ;)


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Quote from: neilep on 02/08/2021 12:24:33
So, next Tuesday I'm planning to go back in history to when the Universe was about one metre old.
The universe doesn't have a known size now, so couldn't have in the past either since it is impossible to stretch a finite number into an infinite one.  So hypersphere aside (Kryptid covered that), let's suppose that we consider a time when what is the visible universe today was only a meter wide. And never mind the violence going on. No scorched wool.
So I think that if you stretched your arms out, the universe would be an awful lot larger by the time you got the hooves out there. Do sheep have arms??  If the arms were already out there, they'd be immediately yanked away by their own inertia.

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Yes, because the universe will grow in size far faster than you could get there, just like if you had 200 BLY arms today, but all curled up inside our 92 BLY across visible universe, you'd have no trouble stretching those arms out to their full length and still seeing them when they're all the way out.
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Quote from: TommyJ on 03/08/2021 13:14:07
Most probably on atomic scale your arms might break to peaces and got scattered, trapped by stars, black holes and continue spaghettification. Maybe we can put probes that will send valuable data for the universe exploration.


Thank ewe TommyJ I will be applying sun factor 50 so I'm sure I will be Ok.
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Re: How would it be if I stretched my arms out in a metre wide Universe ?
« Reply #11 on: 04/08/2021 23:53:09 »
All the sheep I know are made of bits of the universe. Thus ovine hoofs cannot exist outside the universe.
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